Spotlight: Tesco
Meet the sustainable living contributions of Tesco… enabling access to healthy and sustainably-produced food and the “#SeeingGreen Solutionist of the Day” for October 23.
As one of the largest multinational grocery and general merchandise retailers, Tesco plays an important role in enabling its customers *at scale* to live more sustainably. Tesco’s product mix and pricing strategy includes affordable plant-based food products, making it accessible for customers to opt for environmentally friendly diets. Their Better Baskets campaign makes healthier, more sustainable options easier for customers to find. Tesco offers incentives through its Clubcard to help nudge the selection of eco-conscious products. In select stores, Tesco has partnered with well-known brands to provide refillable products, allowing customers to bring their own containers or purchase reusable ones to reduce plastic waste. The company offers products with sustainable certifications, such as Fairtrade and Rainforest Alliance, making it easier for customers to choose responsibly sourced goods. Tesco’s “Remove, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” packaging strategy helps customers minimize plastic waste by offering recyclable or reusable packaging options.
These efforts complement Tesco’s initiatives for its own operations, including around net-zero emissions, food waste, renewable energy and more.
A few select headlines as curated from my Seeing Green blog from the last year or so:
- Tesco signs deal to buy enough solar energy to power 144 large stores (https://lnkd.in/gUfSP7nC)
- Tesco launches sustainable meat packaging (https://lnkd.in/gKgTCVxG)
- Tesco Takes the Whole-Food Route with New Plant-Forward Private-Label Range (https://lnkd.in/g8d5NW7H)
- Tesco and NatWest introduce sustainable finance scheme for farmers (https://lnkd.in/gtdq8M32)
- The compostable & refillable brand Tesco is betting on (https://lnkd.in/gUMJcqcp)
- Walmart, Tesco, Unilever Campaign to Minimize Food Waste (https://bit.ly/46YB8ys)
In their own words:
“Healthy, sustainably produced food should be accessible to everyone – whoever they are, wherever they live and whatever their budget.”
Check them out here: https://tinyurl.com/y9a7epnw
About the "#SeeingGreen Solutionist of the Day"
This series celebrates and highlights the brands and innovators dedicated to creating a greener, more sustainable world. Each day, the series shines a spotlight on a trailblazer making significant strides in promoting eco-friendly living through innovative products, solutions and practices.